Filipino psychology, or Sikolohiyang Pilipino, in Filipino, is defined as the psychology rooted on the experience, ideas, and cultural orientation of the Filipinos. It is regulated by the Pambansang Samahan sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino, (National Organization of Filipino Psychology), in English, which was established on 1975 by Virgilio Enriquez, regarded by many as the Father of Filipino Psychology.

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Filipino Psychology is usually being thought of as a branch of Asian psychology, the placement, determined primarily on culture. However, there is an ongoing debate on the make-up of Philippine culture, since this will generally determine whether Philippine Psychology is to be placed under the realms of either Asian psychology or Western psychology. The vast majority of Philippine Psychologists seem to prefer to classify this field as Asian, but there is a steadily growing body that attempts to place the field as Eurasian.

De La Salle University-Manila was one of the few universities in the country to first offer Philippine Psychology as a course.

Zeus Salazar (1985), a historian, formulated the four traditions upon which Philippine Psychology was rooted, and these are:

Academic Scientific Psychology or Akademiko-siyentipikal na Sikolohiya: Western Tradition: This follows the tradition of Wilhelm Wundt on 1876, and is essentially the American-oriented Western Psychology being studies in the Philippines.

Academic Philosophic Psychology or Akademiko-pilosopiya na Sikolohiya: Western Tradition: This was started by priest-professors in the University of Santo Tomas. This tradition is mainly focused on what is called 'Rational psychology'.

Ethnic Psychology or Taal na Sikolohiya: This is the tradition in which Philippine Psychology is primarily based. This refers to the indigenous concepts that are studied using indigenous psychological orientations and methodologies.

Psycho-medical Religious Psychology or Sikolohiyang Siko-medikal: The tradition that fuses native healing techniques and explains it in an indigenous religious context.

Bahala Na: This attitude, loosely translated into English as 'fatalistic passiveness', actually describes the Filipino way of life, in which, he is determined to do his best, hence the term bahala na, which actually came from the phrase bathalan na, meaning 'I will do all my best, let God take care of the rest'.

Lakas ng Loob: This attitude is characterized by being courageous in the midst of problems and uncertainties.

Pakikibaka: Literally in English, it means concurrent clashes. It refers to the ability of the Filipino to undertake revolutions and uprisings against a common enemy.

Approaches, or lapit, and methods, or pamamaraan, in Filipino Psychology are different from that of Western Psychology. In Filipino Psychology, the subjects, or participants, called kalahok, are considered as equal in status to the researcher. The participants are included in the research as a group, and not as individuals - hence, an umpukan, or natural cluster, is required to serve as the participants, per se. The researcher is introduced to a natural cluster by a tulay (bridge), who is a part of the umpukan and is a well-respected man in the community.
Some of the many approaches and methods used in Filipino Psychology are:

Pakikipagkuwentuhan: In this method, the researcher engages in a story-telling with an umpukan. The researcher merely serves as the facilitator, while the kalahok or participants are the one who are to talk. The term kwento, from the Spanish word cuento, literally means 'to tell a story'.

Panunuluyan: In this method, the researcher stays in the home of his kalahok or participant while he conducts the research with consent by the host family, whose head serves as the tulay to an umpukan. The term tuloy, which is the root word of the term panunuluyan, literally means 'to go in'.

Pagdadalaw-dalaw: In this method, the researcher occasionally visits the house of his host or tulay, as opposed to staying in the house. The term dalaw literally means 'visit'.

Pagtatanung-tanong: In this method, the researcher undergoes a kind of questioning session with his kalahok or participants. In this method, however, 'lead questions' (those questions which directly refer to the topic being studied) are not supposed to be asked, instead the questions to be asked are supposed to have been derived from the kalahok's answers themselves. The word tanong literally means 'question'.

Pakikiramdam: In this approach, the researcher uses entirely his/her own feelings or emotions to justify if his participants or kalahok are ready to be part of his research or not. The term damdam literally means 'inner perception of emotions'.

Pakapa-kapa: In this approach, the researcher uses 'groping', or a mixture of feelings as well as circumstances, to justify his intrusion into the life of his/her participants or kalahok. The term kapa literally means 'to grope in the dark'.

Filipino Psychopathology, or sikopatolohiya in Filipino, from Spanish psicopatologia, is the study of Abnormal Psychology in the Filipino context. As such, there are several 'mental' disorders that can be found only in the Philippines, or in other nations which Filipinos share racial connections. Examples of such are:

Amok: Malayan mood disorder, more aptly called 'Austronesian Mood Disorder', in which a person suddenly loses control of himself and goes into a killing frenzy, after which he/she is going to hallucinate and falls into a trance. After he/she wakes up, he has absolutely no memory of the event.

Bangungot: A relatively common occurrence in which a person suddenly loses control of his respiration and digestion, and falls into a coma and ultimately to death. The person is believed to dream of falling into a deep abyss at the onset of his death. This syndrome has been repeatedly linked to Thailand's Brugada syndrome and to the ingestion of rice. However, no such medical ties have been noted.

Filipino Psychopathology also refers to the different manifestations of mental disorders in Filipino people. One example of such is the manifestation of depression and Schizophrenia in Filipinos, which are for the most part, less violent.

Filipino Psychomedicine, or sikomedikal na sikolohiya in Filipino, is the application of basic psychology to native healing practices loosely considered as 'medicine'. These practices are closely tied to the faith healers, as well as to the native pagan priestesses like the babaylan or katalonan, who were exterminated by the Spaniards during their colonization of the Philippines. Examples of such practices are:

Hilot: The use of massage to aid a pregnant mother in the delivery of her child.

Kulam: The use of voodoo of a mambabarang to conjure up a spell, which she is to recite while piercing the body of a ragdoll, supposedly representing that of the person she is to cause sickness.

Lihi: Intense craving from something or someone during pregnancy. Faith healers or manghihilot testify that if the craving was not followed, abnormality of the child may result.

Pasma: The concept of init (heat) and lamig (cold) and how the blending of these two can result in illnesses, especially rheumatism.